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March 3rd: The Doll Festival

Mar 3rd, 2007
by Andrew.
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Today is March 3rd, which is 雛祭り (Hina Matsuri/Girls’ Day) in Japan. 　雛 (”hina”) means “doll” and 祭り　(”matsuri”) means “festival.” All across Japan, people are displaying their dolls in their homes. But, according to tradition, they have to take them down by the evening of March 4th. I don’t really [...]